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BLACKBURN ROVERS 2 - 0 FOREST - Sat Nov 14, 1953 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Nov 14, 1953 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ewood Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-2 (Lost)

Season:: 1953-54
Referee:: E Crawford
Attendance:: 16,549
Pos Before/After:: 2 4
Opp Before/After:: 10 8

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Doncaster Rovers (League Tier 2)
Blackburn Rovers:: Apr 17, 1954

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1963 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 1138 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2158 (of 5679)
Total:: 3310 (of 7451)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

FOREST
Manager: Billy Walker
Prior form: WWDWDW (Old to recent)

Goals:

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager: Johnny Carey
Prior form: WLWLDD (Old to recent)

Goals:
?
?

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Bill Farmer
2	D	Bill Whare
3	D	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	F	Jack French
5	D	Horace Gager
6	M	Jack Burkitt
7	F	Alan Moore
8	F	Sid Thompson
9	F	Arthur Lemon
10	F	Tommy Capel
11	F	Collin Collindridge

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	?
2	D	?
3	D	?
4	D	?
5	D	?
6	M	?
7	M	?
8	M	?
9	M	?
10	F	?
11	F	?

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Nov 14, 1953)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	2-0	Nottingham Forest
Brentford	1-0	Plymouth Argyle
Bristol Rovers	0-1	Swansea Town
Bury	4-4	Leeds United
Derby County	1-2	Luton Town
Doncaster Rovers	3-1	Birmingham City
Everton	2-2	Fulham
Hull City	1-2	Stoke City
Lincoln City	4-3	Rotherham United
Notts County	1-1	Leicester City
Oldham Athletic	3-1	West Ham United

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form
	1	Leicester City	17	9	6	2	37	22	6	2	1	22	9	3	4	1	15	13	1.68182	24	DWWWWL
	2	Nottingham Forest	17	10	3	4	41	24	9	1	0	35	12	1	2	4	6	12	1.70833	23	WWDWDW
	3	Doncaster Rovers	17	11	1	5	30	18	6	1	1	14	4	5	0	4	16	14	1.66667	23	LLWWWL
	4	Everton	17	9	5	3	35	25	5	1	1	18	10	4	4	2	17	15	1.40000	23	LLDWLW
	5	Birmingham City	17	8	5	4	39	21	6	3	1	28	9	2	2	3	11	12	1.85714	21	DWDWWD
	6	Rotherham United	18	10	1	7	32	30	6	1	3	18	13	4	0	4	14	17	1.06667	21	WWWLLL
	7	West Ham United	17	8	3	6	34	25	7	0	2	27	7	1	3	4	7	18	1.36000	19	LLLWLW
	8	Lincoln City	17	7	4	6	27	20	6	2	0	22	4	1	2	6	5	16	1.35000	18	WLDLWL
	9	Leeds United	17	6	6	5	38	33	5	3	1	25	13	1	3	4	13	20	1.15152	18	DDLWDW
	10	Blackburn Rovers	16	6	6	4	29	26	3	4	0	16	8	3	2	4	13	18	1.11538	18	WLWLDD
	11	Bristol Rovers	17	5	7	5	36	29	3	3	2	15	10	2	4	3	21	19	1.24138	17	WDDLDD
	12	Luton Town	17	5	7	5	28	28	4	4	2	17	12	1	3	3	11	16	1.00000	17	LWWWDD
	13	Stoke City	18	4	9	5	29	29	3	5	1	19	13	1	4	4	10	16	1.00000	17	DWLWLL
	14	Derby County	16	6	4	6	30	32	5	2	1	18	10	1	2	5	12	22	.93750	16	WLWLLL
	15	Swansea Town	17	6	3	8	24	32	5	2	2	16	9	1	1	6	8	23	.75000	15	DWDWLW
	16	Fulham	17	5	4	8	34	38	3	2	4	20	19	2	2	4	14	19	.89474	14	WWLLWW
	17	Hull City	17	6	1	10	19	26	5	0	2	12	5	1	1	8	7	21	.73077	13	LLWLWW
	18	Plymouth Argyle	17	2	9	6	22	31	1	7	1	17	15	1	2	5	5	16	.70968	13	DWLDLD
	19	Brentford	17	4	5	8	16	34	3	2	3	8	14	1	3	5	8	20	.47059	13	WWWLDD
	20	Notts County	17	4	3	10	20	41	2	0	5	8	15	2	3	5	12	26	.48780	11	LLLDWW
	21	Oldham Athletic	17	3	4	10	15	31	3	3	2	7	7	0	1	8	8	24	.48387	10	LLLLWL
	22	Bury	17	2	6	9	18	38	2	3	3	15	18	0	3	6	3	20	.47368	10	LLLLLL

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Result(s)
2	1	Doncaster Rovers	18	12	1	5	33	19	7	1	1	17	5	5	0	4	16	14	1.73684	25	LWWWLW	3-1
1	2	Leicester City	18	9	7	2	38	23	6	2	1	22	9	3	5	1	16	14	1.65217	25	WWWWLD	1-1
1	3	Everton	18	9	6	3	37	27	5	2	1	20	12	4	4	2	17	15	1.37037	24	LDWLWD	2-2
2	4	Nottingham Forest	18	10	3	5	41	26	9	1	0	35	12	1	2	5	6	14	1.57692	23	WDWDWL	0-2
	5	Birmingham City	18	8	5	5	40	24	6	3	1	28	9	2	2	4	12	15	1.66667	21	WDWWDL	1-3
	6	Rotherham United	19	10	1	8	35	34	6	1	3	18	13	4	0	5	17	21	1.02941	21	WWLLLL	3-4
1	7	Lincoln City	18	8	4	6	31	23	7	2	0	26	7	1	2	6	5	16	1.34783	20	LDLWLW	4-3
2	8	Blackburn Rovers	17	7	6	4	31	26	4	4	0	18	8	3	2	4	13	18	1.19231	20	LWLDDW	2-0
2	9	West Ham United	18	8	3	7	35	28	7	0	2	27	7	1	3	5	8	21	1.25000	19	LLWLWL	1-3
1	10	Leeds United	18	6	7	5	42	37	5	3	1	25	13	1	4	4	17	24	1.13514	19	DLWDWD	4-4
1	11	Luton Town	18	6	7	5	30	29	4	4	2	17	12	2	3	3	13	17	1.03448	19	WWWDDW	2-1
1	12	Stoke City	19	5	9	5	31	30	3	5	1	19	13	2	4	4	12	17	1.03333	19	WLWLLW	2-1
2	13	Bristol Rovers	18	5	7	6	36	30	3	3	3	15	11	2	4	3	21	19	1.20000	17	DDLDDL	0-1
1	14	Swansea Town	18	7	3	8	25	32	5	2	2	16	9	2	1	6	9	23	.78125	17	WDWLWW	1-0
1	15	Derby County	17	6	4	7	31	34	5	2	2	19	12	1	2	5	12	22	.91176	16	LWLLLL	1-2
	16	Fulham	18	5	5	8	36	40	3	2	4	20	19	2	3	4	16	21	.90000	15	WLLWWD	2-2
2	17	Brentford	18	5	5	8	17	34	4	2	3	9	14	1	3	5	8	20	.50000	15	WWLDDW	1-0
1	18	Hull City	18	6	1	11	20	28	5	0	3	13	7	1	1	8	7	21	.71429	13	LWLWWL	1-2
1	19	Plymouth Argyle	18	2	9	7	22	32	1	7	1	17	15	1	2	6	5	17	.68750	13	WLDLDL	0-1
1	20	Oldham Athletic	18	4	4	10	18	32	4	3	2	10	8	0	1	8	8	24	.56250	12	LLLWLW	3-1
1	21	Notts County	18	4	4	10	21	42	2	1	5	9	16	2	3	5	12	26	.50000	12	LLDWWD	1-1
	22	Bury	18	2	7	9	22	42	2	4	3	19	22	0	3	6	3	20	.52381	11	LLLLLD	4-4